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A stunning extra-time goal from Mario Goetze was enough for Germany to win the World Cup for a fourth time. With penalties looming, Goetze, a second-half substitute for Miroslav Klose, expertly controlled Andre Schuerrle’s cross with his chest before volleying...

It’s an odd thing to explain this one especially when one considers how far I’ve come. When we visited England last month those who hadn’t seen me in the intervening years first observation was usually my weight loss. It was...

It’s been a wee while coming but for pretty much the entirety of June the family and I visited friends and relatives back home in England. Whilst I did pop back last year for my Grandma’s funeral this was our...

Louis van Gaal has been named as Manchester United manager, with Ryan Giggs as his assistant. Van Gaal, 62, has signed a three-year contract to succeed David Moyes. The Dutchman, who has won titles with Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and...

I figured since I’m ill and at home I can write up my completion of another half-marathon here in Canberra on the 13th April. It was another lovely day with the sun out and the temperature warm but not enough...

It’s odd, sometimes, how gaming seems to come and go for me. There are times where I can go weeks and hardly play anything with the only reason for turning on my XBox One is the fact that I’ve hooked...

I’ve been meaning to post this for the past week but then, as many new parents will tell you, normality takes a back seat when you have a newborn in the house. Our daughter Chloë was born on the 1st...

Okay, we lost The Ashes after the boxing day test in Melbourne but I wanted to wait till all the games were played and, considering the results, time to sit and reflect before jumping on the bandwagon and posting my...

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I'm an IT guy with varying interests who's recently emigrated from the UK to Australia. I don't blog as often as I probably think I should but like to think that what I do post is at the very least vaguely interesting.